Dosage of Licorice Diarrhea Heart Soup

The common dosage of Licorice Diarrhea Heart Soup is 12 grams of licorice, 9 grams of scutellaria, 9 grams of dried ginger, 9 grams of hemixia, 12 jujubes, and 3 grams of coptis, which should be adjusted by the physician according to the condition of the patient, and should not be generalized. Licorice Diarrhea Heart Soup is from “The Treatise on Typhoid Fever”, Licorice Diarrhea Heart Soup is made from Half-summer Diarrhea Heart Soup by increasing the dosage of licorice, with licorice as the kingpin to tonify the middle and slow down the urgency, and the rest of the medicines are still used to harmonize the stomach and eliminate the lumps. It is composed of licorice, scutellaria, dry ginger, hemixia, and rhizoma coptidis, and has the effect of benefiting qi and harmonizing the stomach, as well as eliminating lumps and stopping vomiting. Licorice Diarrhoea and Heart Drops Tang is used to treat the symptoms of weak stomach qi due to mis-treatment of typhoid stroke, such as diarrhea with dozens of rows per day, undigested grain (more undigested food in stools), thundering in the abdomen, hardness and fullness of plumpness under the heart (which refers to the distension of the stomach), as well as upsetting the heart and not having a peace of mind. The adverse effects, contraindications and precautions of Licorice Diarrhea Heart Soup are not known. If medication is needed, it is recommended to use it under the guidance of a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, as unauthorized use of medication may result in adverse effects.